EP 0405776 B1 19970326 - Remote gaming system playable by several participants
Title (en)
Remote gaming system playable by several participants
Title (de)
Fernspielsystem mit mehreren Teilnehmern
Title (fr)
Système de jeux à distance jouable par plusieurs participants
Publication
Application
Priority
US 36505089 A 19890609
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0405776A2] A game of skill or chance playable by several participants remote from each other in conjunction with a common event, such as a computer game, provides the basic format or template of the game on a floppy disk suitable for use with the remote users' personal computers. Then by connection to a mass communications one way channel, such as an FM SCA channel, variations in the game parameters and characteristics are broadcast at the same time to all of the individual remote players. These characteristics both initialize characteristics of the game and when the game is being played, provide updated playing parameters. A score can later be uploaded to the central station by, for example, telephone lines or any other convenient means.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A63F 13/00 (2006.01); A63F 13/12 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
A63F 13/12 (2022.01 - EP); A63F 13/30 (2014.09 - EP); A63F 13/35 (2014.09 - US); A63F 13/48 (2014.09 - US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0405776 A2 19910102; EP 0405776 A3 19920513; EP 0405776 B1 19970326; AT E150882 T1 19970415; CA 2018597 A1 19901209; CA 2018597 C 20001128; DE 69030284 D1 19970430; DE 69030284 T2 19970703; ES 2099086 T3 19970516; JP H03103278 A 19910430; JP H084659 B2 19960124
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 90306273 A 19900608; AT 90306273 T 19900608; CA 2018597 A 19900608; DE 69030284 T 19900608; ES 90306273 T 19900608; JP 15251690 A 19900611